Rockland Dems, say no to Schoenberger

Ilan Schoenberger is running for county executive in the Democratic primary. Schoenberger feels he is the best choice for Rockland because he, as I quote, "knows the ins and outs of working in the County Legislature."

He sure does. He knows how to receive $60,000 in campaign funding from associates of Richard Brega, who is in line for a lucrative county bus contract. He knows how he, his wife and daughter were on local governments' payrolls while the taxpayers have seen their county taxes tripled. It should be noted that Schoenberger supposedly worked full time at Ramapo and part time as a county legislator while still managing to run his own law firm. Schoenberger's entire professional career is based on him being the poster child of the Ramapo voting bloc. He was chairman of the Legislature's Budget and Finance Committee when the comptroller called Rockland County's finances "distressed," the county's bond rating became the worst of any county in the state.

As a candidate, Schoenberger has proposed the creation a new job for a comptroller to oversee the budget. Isn't this proposal an indictment of his failure of his tenure as the Budget and Finance Committee leader?

Rockland doesn't need more patronage jobs and business as usual politics but new leaders and new ideas.

A vote for Schoenberger is a vote for the Ramapo political machine as the center of the county government. I don't think I am alone in thinking that is a very frightening future for Rockland.

Ed Kobus

Pomona

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Rockland Dems, say no to Schoenberger

Ilan Schoenberger is running for county executive in the Democratic primary. Schoenberger feels he is the best choice for Rockland because he, as I quote, 'knows the ins and outs of working in the

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